Burn ban approved
BY STACI WILSON A one-month ban on open burning goes into effect on Saturday, March 24 at12:01 a.m. The county commissioners approved the burn ban…
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DEP asks driller to help remedy methane spike
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer The Department of Environmental Protection has asked a natural gas drilling company to step in and help three Franklin Twp….
Mountain View drops electives
BY PAT FARNELLI Mountain View school board approved the elimination of six courses and the placement of 10 more on a rotation schedule during its…
Name-calling emails expose council’s issues
BY STACI WILSON A Binghamton, N.Y., area television station uncovered emails exchanged between Montrose Borough Council members in the hours that followed their meeting walk-out…
Grant dollars released for EMHS
BY STACI WILSON Now that site work has begun at the new Endless Mountains Health Systems facility, the county commissioners authorized an agreement March 14…
Cook-off first-timer earns chili bragging rights
BY STACI WILSON Ella Krawecki’s chili is the best around. So says the panel of judges of the 12th Annual Heat at the Seat Chili…
Impact fee hearing scheduled
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna County moved one step closer to adopting the state’s impact fee at the March 14 meeting. A public hearing on the…
Water quality being monitored at Salt Springs
BY STACI WILSON The quality of the Silver Creek watershed is being tested. In January, researchers from the Wilkes University Institute for Energy and Environmental…
Planning Commission deals with growing industry
BY STACI WILSON The bulk of work performed by the County Planning Commission in 2011 involved the growing natural gas industry. CountyPlannerBob Templeton presented the…
Southwestern planning to spend $500M
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Southwestern Energy expects to spend $500 million inPennsylvaniain 2012, and will up its drilling rigs while other companies are pulling theirs…